Just days before Affordable Housing Week, which runs through May 19, local activists, consumers and advocates came together in Oakland to discuss housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The meeting …

This summer, at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., a group of HIV/AIDS advocates from Oakland asked the question, “Is your city a ‘Shadow City?’” The question, and the answers they …

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s signature law, the Affordable Care Act, this week came as a lifeline to the most needy in Oakland’s ongoing efforts to provide medical support to AIDS patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approved California’s request to fast-track its transition to Affordable Care Act benefits on June 28, paving the way for the implementation of programs that give high priority to reducing the prevalence of HIV and providing affordable care to AIDS patients.
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